[burzum]

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Object Name	Close Approach Date	Miss Distance (AU)	Miss Distance (LD)	Estimated Diameter*	Relative Velocity (km/s)
(2006 HE2)	2006-Apr-22	0.0070	2.7	13 m - 30 m	5.26
(2006 HC)	2006-Apr-24	0.0245	9.5	21 m - 47 m	4.26
(2006 HV5)	2006-Apr-25	0.0351	13.7	390 m - 880 m	18.26
(2001 SG276)	2006-Apr-26	0.0900	35.0	770 m - 1.7 km	14.69
(2006 GB1)	2006-Apr-27	0.0379	14.7	40 m - 88 m	7.73
(2006 HW5)	2006-Apr-28	0.0455	17.7	36 m - 80 m	8.16
(2004 GU9)	2006-Apr-30	0.1684	65.5	150 m - 340 m	7.00
(2003 SN214)	2006-Apr-30	0.1779	69.2	69 m - 150 m	15.47
(2000 EM26)	2006-May-02	0.1092	42.5	120 m - 270 m	10.42
(2002 CD)	2006-May-03	0.1181	45.9	230 m - 510 m	8.58
41429 (2000 GE2)	2006-May-10	0.1826	71.1	250 m - 550 m	11.39
(2006 HC2)	2006-May-11	0.1029	40.0	120 m - 270 m	9.42
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3	2006-May-11	0.0824	32.1	n/a	15.15
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AF	2006-May-12	0.0783	30.5	n/a	14.76
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-C	2006-May-12	0.0786	30.6	n/a	15.04
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-V	2006-May-12	0.0527	20.5	n/a	15.11
(2005 YA37)	2006-May-13	0.1287	50.1	87 m - 190 m	7.72
68950 (2002 QF15)	2006-May-13	0.1253	48.7	1.5 km - 3.4 km	14.04
(2004 BF68)	2006-May-13	0.0991	38.6	340 m - 760 m	8.68
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AM	2006-May-13	0.0609	23.7	n/a	14.83
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-Q	2006-May-14	0.0698	27.2	n/a	14.81
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-P	2006-May-14	0.0673	26.2	n/a	14.68
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-B	2006-May-14	0.0669	26.0	n/a	14.69
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-J	2006-May-14	0.0643	25.0	n/a	14.59
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-G	2006-May-14	0.0652	25.4	n/a	14.64
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AE	2006-May-14	0.0578	22.5	n/a	13.93
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-N	2006-May-14	0.0611	23.8	n/a	14.34
(1997 MW1)	2006-May-14	0.1335	52.0	380 m - 850 m	12.44
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-R	2006-May-14	0.0645	25.1	n/a	14.67
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-H	2006-May-14	0.0628	24.4	n/a	14.55

* Diameter estimates based on the object's absolute magnitude.

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Hmm... First off, it appears that the closest fragment, 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-V, would hit on the 12th if it wasn't going to miss the Earth by about 4.9 million miles. Second, all of the fragments will be past the Earth by the 14th.

Perhaps he should leave science to the scientists?

[Southack]

This is the bad boy to watch: 99942 Apophis (2004 MN4)

...due for a close encounter in April of 2036.